Basingstoke Mencap has said a ‘big thank you’ to Sainsburys logistics depot in Basingstoke for their generous donation of £500, where all the staff at the depot raised money by organising raffles and activities over the past few months.

Chloe Loughlin, presented the cheque on behalf of all her colleagues, received by Jo Bellamy who attends GreenFingers garden therapy project and her mum Jane, and two volunteers at GreenFingers Nick Chomiak and Adam Shearing.

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The money will go a long way in supporting the charity, especially GreenFingers a garden therapy project for people with a learning disability, providing therapy through gardening and promoting mental wellbeing, who was hit quite badly by Storm Eunice a few months ago flattening their much-used Polly tunnel.

Part of the project is to provide horticulture experience to people with learning disabilities, to support in growing bedding plants, fruit, and vegetables which are available to the public at their monthly plant sales which are held the last Saturday of every month.

Its next plant sale will be on the April 30 from 10 to 1pm at Elizabeth Road Allotments it is said to bring the community together and raises much needed revenue to keep the project running.

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